Faucet



A. A. KRAMER v FAUCET June 23, 1925.

Filed June 9, 1922 nzgd'.

Patented June 23, 1925A.

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` .appncatioamed armee, 1922. serieu nfecaisa To all whom. t may concern.' i

Be it known thatl I, ANDREW A., KRAMER, a citizen of thefUnitedStates, residing at'v Kansas City,in the county of Jackson and., State of Missouri, have linvented certain` new and useful lmprovementsin Faucets;

andI do declare the-following'to be vafull, clear, and exact description .of the invention,

faucet valve, it becomes necessary to use some separate means for cutting off the flow of liquid through the pipe line to which the faucet is connected.

The pipe lines for tanks have their re-V ceiving ends communicating with the discharge port in the tank.y The discharge ports in the tank are usually provided withl valve seats so that normally unseated valves can be tripped to move into seating position and thus shut off communication between the tank and the pipe. Therefore, the contents of the tank will not flow from the pipe even though thereis a leak in the delivery faucet or in the event that the faucets should be open during the time that the fire is occurring. I

The difficulty with such a construction is that it is not always convenient to climb to 1 the top of the tank to trip the kvalves so .l have eliminated the difficulty by providing an auxiliary valve so co-related with the operating mechanism for the faucet that it will move into closing position when the faucet valve is moving into closing position and open when the faucet valve is in unseating position. There is a positive connection between the auxiliary valve and the faucet valve operating mechanism so that the movements of the valves must synchronize and thereby insureJ a positive closing action of the auxiliary valve whenever the operating mechanism for the faucet valve is in closing position andjinversely insure an .openingfmovement v.of the auxiliary valve when the'faucet'.y operating mechanism isf `moved into open position. Y

The yno vel arrangement of thev faucet and auxiliaryy valve vtogether, with the connections .between them will be apparent by reference tothe following description in connection with theaccompanying drawings, in whichv-,i,

Fig. 1:v isv ,a l viewpartly j inj elevation. and partly in sectionV through a tank, and through a dispensing pipe, showing the faucet and valve `connected thereto and. illustrated in elevation. v

Fig. 2 is a vertical, longitudinal, sectiona view through the dispensing pipe showing the faucet valve in elevation and the auxiliary valve in section.

Referring now tov the drawings by numerals of reference:

1 designates a wagon tank having an oily dispensing chamber 2, itr being understood that the tank may be divided into compartments to provide separate chambers,

each being equipped with a dispensing. pipe lineA and a faucet. The dispensing pipe 3 communicates. with the tank through a dis- Y i charge orifice 4 in the tank. This orifice is usually supplied with a safety valve normally unseated but which may be tripped from the top of the tank so vthat communication between the tank and the pipe 3 may be closed off in the case of emergency, but in my invention the valve is eliminated.

At the end of the pipe 3 is a dispensing faucet 5 providedwith a valve seat 6, on which is a valve 7 having a stem 8 guided in the cap orifice 9, there being a spring 10 around the stem, one end of which may bear against the valve and the other end against the cap 11.

- This construction is not new nor is the lever 12 connected to the valve stem and mounted on a rock shaft 13 to be rocked with the leverv12 new. Such faucets are well known.

' In the pipe line 3, however, is arranged a valve casing 14, carrying a turning plug valve 15 with an orifice 16 which may be caused to align with the channel of the pipe 3, as shown in Fig. 2. The end of the valve 15 is provided with a shaft 17, projecting "l 19 so that the crank 118 Will be swung te through the casing 16 and provided with a crank 18, at Which one end of a link 19 is connected, the other end "of 'the link being connected to a 'crank '20 controlled by theV lever 12.

When the operator grasps `the lever 12 to move it into valve unseating position, the faucet valve 7 will be raised off its seat 6'. There Will be a pull exerted upon the link partially rotate the shaft 17 and cause the valve 15 to move into open pesition, as shown in Fig. When the lever 127 vis moved into valve closing position, however, the valve 7 Will be lsea-ted and a rearward' thrust will be imparted to the link`19`, which will cause the valve 15 to close. Therefore,

the valve 15 will close 'the pipe lille every4 at in jt' e 'event time the valve 7 is closed s0 t that the faucet valve '7 'tends to leak, the pipe will be closed to 'the tank "in rear of the valve 15 and liability of fires occurring 'from drppings and the like 'Will be' eliminated? What I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

The cembinatioin with a dispensing pipe line', of a valve casing in the pipe line, a rotatable Valve plug in the casing having -a through pert,rthe plug having a stem extending through the casing, a faucet at the delivery end of the pipe line,l the faucet having a valve seat, a spring pressed reciprocatory valve in the `faucet, normally urged upon the seat, the valve having a depending stem, a rock shaft in 'the faucet having an arn y'c'zon-n'ected to the stein whereby when the roeklshaft is operated in one direction, the valve will be lifted off its seat, a crank on the endl ofthe first named valve stem, a lcrank on the' rock shaft,V a link connecting the two cranks and la lever on the rock shaft whereby when the llever is operated, the valve and plug will he moved in unison.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature.

ANDREW A. KRAMER. 

